Curtain and shade bracket.



J. O. WILLIAMSON.

CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1916.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

NITE STATES PATENT JESSIE O. WILLIAIVISON, OF LEWISTOWN, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

Application filed. September 13, 1916.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, dress 0. WILLIAMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewistown, in the county of Fulton and State of Illinois, have invented certain useful Improvements in Curtain and Shade Brackets, of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The main object of my invention 1s to provide a bracket adapted to be detachably clamped upon a window frame at each side thereof to support a curtain rod and also a window shade, and which may be readilyadjusted so as to fit window frames of various sizes.

Further objects of my device will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawmgs forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window frame showing a pair of my improved brackets in position.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a window frame with a bracket clamped thereto.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the front of one of my brackets.

Fig. i is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the details of the clamping means.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the rear of one of my brackets.

In the drawings, a window frame of usual construction, to the top cross piece of which my improved brackets are to be attached, is shown at F. My improved bracket consists of a base plate 1 having a back turned lower end 2, which is adapted to hook beneath the edge of the window frame. Vertically adj ustably attached to the plate 1 is a diagonally extending plate 3 having a shoulder 10 extending diagonally across the same as shown in Fig. 5, and adapted to engage the edge of the plate 1, to guide the movement of the adjustable plate upon the same.

The plate 1 has a longitudinally extending countersunk slot 11 formed therein, in which is adapted to slide a square washer 12, having a threaded bolt 17 extending outwardly therefrom through the slot 11, and passing through the lower end of the plate Specification of Letters .Eatent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1%18.

Serial No. 119,970.

3. A thumb nut 18 is threaded upon the outer end of the bolt 1'? by loosening and tightening which the plates 1 and 3 may be adjusted relative to each other and then clamped tightly together.

The plates 3 extend diagonally to the right or left from the plate 1 to form a bracket adapted to be used at the right or left side of a window frame respectively.

The adjustable plate 3 has a back turned upper end 13 adapted to hook over the top edge of the window frame. A. threaded opening is formed in. this back turned portion, through which passes a threaded bolt 16, having a clamping head 15 to engage the window frame upon its lower end, and a thumb nut letupon its upper end. After the plates 1 and 3 have been adjusted relative to each other so that the length of the bracket is somewhat greater than the width of the top bar of the window frame, the bracket is placed upon the frame and the thumb nut 11 tightened until the head 15 engages the frame, thereby securely clamping the bracket in position.

Extending outwardly from the face of the adjustable plate 3 is an arm 6 having formed therein either a slot 8 or a bearing opening 7 of standard construction, for engaging one end or the other of a window shade roller. The reduced outer end 1 of the arm 6 is bent to a vertical position and terminates in a pin 5 adapted to engage the hole through the end of a curtain rod, the shoulder 9 beneath the pin preventing the curtain rod from sliding down upon the arm. The outer end 1 of the arm 6 is curved to the right or left for a right or left side bracket respectively to insure the pin 5 being over the outer edge of the frame so that the curtain rod will extend completely across the same.

Thus it will be seen, that I have provided a curtain and shade bracket which may be quickly secured to and removed from window frames of various sizes, and by the use of which the window shade roller is supported between the inner edges of the side bars of the window frame, while the curtain rod is supported at the outer edges of the frame, thereby permitting the curtain and shade to be hung in the same manner as is customary when separate brackets are used.

I claim 1. In a combined curtain and shade bracket, the combination with a base plate having a countersunk vertical slot, and having a back turned lower end, of a diagonally extending plate having a cut-away portion in one 01 its i'aces toreceive the base plate and provided with a back turned up per end, a clamping bolt carried by the said back turned upper end in said diagonal plate, a bolt adapted to slide in the above mentioned vertical slot and passing through the said diagonal plate, a thumb nut upon the outer end of the said bolt, an outwardly extending arin formed upon the said diagonal plate and curved laterally at its outer end, the said arm having a slot intermediate of its ends for supporting a shade roller and means upon its outer end for supporting a curtain rod. 7

'2. In a combined curtain and shade bracket, the combination with a base plate having a counter-sunk Vertical slot and having a back turned lower end, of a diagonally extending plate having a cutaway portion 111 one of its faces to receive the base plate and provide a guide therefor upon relative movement between the plates, a back turned upper end on'said diagonal plate, a clamping bolt carried by the back turned end on said diagonal plate for holding the said back turned end in spaced relationship with a window'frame and for clamping the plates plates one with respect to the other, and an arm on the diagonal plate for supporting a shade rollercand curtain rod.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

J ESSE, O. WILLIAMSON,

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Waahington, D.; G. 

